Venetians in Constantinople : Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean.
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- 9780801889127
- 949.61/80045104531
- DR435.I8 D87 2006
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Venetian Nation in Constantinople -- 2 The Merchants of Venice -- 3 The Unofficial Nation: Banditi, Schiavi, Greci -- 4 Jews, Renegades, and Early Modern Identity -- 5 Merchants, Patricians, Citizens, and Early Modern Identity -- 6 An Urban Middle Ground: Venetians and Ottomans in Constantinople -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.
While factors such as religion, culture, and political status could be integral elements in constructions of self and community, Dursteler finds early modern identity to be more than the sum total of its constitutent parts and reveals how the fluidity and malleability of identity in this time and place made coexistence among disparate cultures possible.
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